Mesoscale distribution patterns of Amazonian understorey herbs in relation to topography, soil and watersheds

By F. Costa, W. Magnusson, R. Luizão. 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Topographic and edaphic effects on the distribution of terrestrially reproducing anurans in Central Amazonia: mesoscale spatial patterns (2007, methodology): “In our models, edaphic and topographical variables explained 6–20% of the variance in abundance (or presence/absence) of the seven anuran species, a rate similar to that for understorey plants (Costa et al. 2005, Kinupp & Magnusson 2005).”
Variation in aboveground tree live biomass in a central Amazonian Forest: Effects of soil and topography (2006, background): “Several studies have described the effects of soil and topography on the distribution of trees (Lescure and Boulet, 1985; Sabatier et al., 1997; Clark et al., 1999; Tuomisto et al., 2003) and understory plants (Kinupp and Magnusson, 2005; Costa et al., 2005).”
Topography related habitat associations of tree species traits, composition and diversity in a Chinese tropical forest (2014, background): “Topography has been identified as an easily measured proxy for environmental resource availability and spatial pattern in plant species composition (Costa et al., 2005; Bohlman et al., 2008).”
Phyllostomid Bat Assemblage Structure in Amazonian Flooded and Unflooded Forests (2014, background): “In central Amazonia, topography of upland terra firme has been identified as a strong predictor of vegetation structure at a local scale (Costa et al. 2005, Pansonato et al. 2012).”
How much variation in tree mortality is predicted by soil and topography in Central Amazonia (2011, background): “…shown that soil and topography influence the spatial distribution of above-ground live biomass (Laurance et al., 1999; Castilho et al., 2006) and plant species composition (e.g., Harms et al., 2001; Russo et al., 2005; John et al., 2007; Costa et al., 2005) at a mesoscale (10–100 km) in Amazonia.”
How far can we go in simplifying biomonitoring assessments? An integrated analysis of taxonomic surrogacy, taxonomic sufficiency and numerical resolution in a megadiverse region (2012, background): “In general, soil factors have been found to be better predictors of floristic patterns in the Amazon region than are spatial factors (e.g., Tuomisto et al., 2003; Costa et al., 2005).”